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AMD Kernel Mode-Setting Continues On FreeBSD

Phoronix: AMD Kernel Mode-Setting Continues On FreeBSD

For being a project that's just a few months old and up until recently wasn't touched by BSD developers, the port of the open-source AMD Radeon kernel mode-setting driver from the Linux kernel to FreeBSD kernel is progressing nicely...

Why the hell is there so many articles about this all repeating the same thing? As if it makes a big deal and it's going to effect alot of people.

No one's going to use it, they rather use KMS on Linux and by the way, Intel KMS on FreeBSD is a complete failure. Users report that doing startx just causes a blank screen with the only way to recover is to reboot. I went through all the torture to tried it myself while nearly commiting sucide just to have the same thing happen. BSD cunts are a bunch of Crap

I would like to correct one fact: the FreeBSD Foundation doesn't sponsor me to port the Radeon KMS driver, I'm doing this on my free time. However, the Foundation recently hired Konstantin Belousov, the developer who ported Intel KMS driver and the TTM memory manager, though I don't know if he was paid when he did the TTM port.

Regarding the status update I post on the FreeBSD wiki, I don't put much technical details. Would it be useful to you and Phoronix readers if I tell more?

I would like to correct one fact: the FreeBSD Foundation doesn't sponsor me to port the Radeon KMS driver, I'm doing this on my free time. However, the Foundation recently hired Konstantin Belousov, the developer who ported Intel KMS driver and the TTM memory manager, though I don't know if he was paid when he did the TTM port.

Regarding the status update I post on the FreeBSD wiki, I don't put much technical details. Would it be useful to you and Phoronix readers if I tell more?

I can say the say thing about Linux users with Windows' 90% market share in desktop operating systems.

Linux is in pretty good shape if you look outside the desktop arena =). I doubt many regular folks feel the need to play with their OS. They also expect any pc game to work on their system. If Linux came preinstalled on more PC's and game companies saw the light and used OGL and ported all AAA games to both Linux and Mac, those numbers would skew something drastic.

I mean case in point, look at android (linux). Comes preinstalled on phones, most mobile games and apps are on it. Nobody cares about what's under the hood, just that they can play angry birds.

Linux is in pretty good shape if you look outside the desktop arena =). I doubt many regular folks feel the need to play with their OS. They also expect any pc game to work on their system. If Linux came preinstalled on more PC's and game companies saw the light and used OGL and ported all AAA games to both Linux and Mac, those numbers would skew something drastic.

I mean case in point, look at android (linux). Comes preinstalled on phones, most mobile games and apps are on it. Nobody cares about what's under the hood, just that they can play angry birds.

I know Linux is doing well in other segments that is not desktop/notebook-related. That's why i specifically mentioned 'desktop operating system' when comparing Windows to Linux to disprove someone's claims.

On an unrelated note, if you can find it within yourself to give Windows Phone 8 a try, do so. Chances are you'd be pleasantly surprised. Technically it's no where as advanced as Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean) but its userland is extremely polished and a joy to use.

And for my own safety I'm going to stop lest people start throwing words like 'shill' and 'astroturfer' or 'proprietary whore' in my way.

Doesn't work like that. If you distribute a kernel binary which includes the KMS driver then you need to provide or offer source code for the KMS driver (along with all the other source used to make the kernel binary) but the license of the KMS driver itself is not affected.